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American Board of Pediatrics

American Board of Allergy and Immunology

National Provider ID: 1487791273

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Biography

Hemant Sharma, MD, MHS, is the Clinical Chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Children’s National Health System in Washington, DC. He is Director of the Food Allergy Program at Children’s National, as well as Site Director for the National Institutes of Health Allergy and Immunology Fellowship Program. Dr. Sharma is a regular contributor to a food allergy column in Allergic Living magazine and recently co-edited the “Food Allergy in Children” series for Pediatric Clinics of North America. His main areas of research interest include school-based management of food allergy, as well as adherence among adolescents with food allergy.

Children’s National Health System has named Catherine Bollard, MD, MBChB, as Chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology. Additionally, Hemant Sharma, MD, a nationally recognized expert in the area of food allergies, has been selected to serve as Clinical Chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology.

Dr. Hemant Sharma, acting Chief of the division of Allergy and Immunology, and Director of the Food Allergy Program, participated in a panel on The Diane RehmShow, to discuss new research on preventing peanut allergy development.

Children’s National Health System has a number of physicians presenting on various topics next month during the 2014 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition in San Diego, Calif.